Maritime Crew Claims & Litigation: Navigating Your Way in 2020

David J. Horr is a partner in the firm of Horr, Novak & Skipp, P.A., in Miami, Florida.  He graduated from the University of Notre Dame and the University of Miami School of Law.  Mr.  Horr has practiced in the admiralty and maritime law field since 1980.  Horr, Novak & Skipp, P.A. has an active trial practice.  Mr. Horr tries cases regularly throughout the State of Florida and his experience focuses on personal injury defense (crew and passenger claims) and marine insurance.  Mr. Horr is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell.  Mr. Horr is a member of the Maritime Law Association of the United States, the Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute, the Defense Research Institute, American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)  America’s Top 100 Civil Defense Litigators and the Admiralty Law Committee of The Florida Bar.  He has been selected to Super Lawyers annually since 2007.   He has also lectured on admiralty and maritime law topics for The Maritime Law Association of the U.S., Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute (S.E.A.L.I.), The Florida Bar, Miami Marine Council, South Florida Claims Association, and several other private entities conducting seminars.

Raúl is a partner in MG+M’s Miami office and is the Chair of the firm's Maritime Practice Group. His practice focuses on a variety of litigation areas, including maritime, personal injury, products liability, premises liability, and commercial litigation. He has extensive experience as national and local counsel on many maritime matters and has represented clients from jurisdictions as far north as Canada and throughout the Continental U.S., Hawaii, the Caribbean, and South America. He has tried numerous cases to verdict in the state and federal courts of Florida. He is regularly appointed to act as national and local counsel by insurance companies on admiralty and maritime matters.

Marisa Huber is a partner at Gibson Robb & Lindh LLP in San Francisco. She handles a variety of maritime matters including cases involving yachts, vessel repairs, maritime personal injury, maritime products liability, general average, and fuel disputes throughout California. Her practice also includes marine insurance coverage, liability defense, bad faith defense, and commercial maritime transactional matters. She combines strong advocacy and analytical skills with a demonstrated passion for the subject matter, and intense dedication to her cases and clients. San Francisco Magazine names Ms. Huber as a Maritime Super Lawyer and as one of the Top Women Attorneys in Northern California.